3. Mr. A.K. Sahani, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner nos.1 to 7 have been appointed on different posts as Night Guard, Assistant, Driver, Typist, Khalasi (Helper), Operator and Assistant respectively in the Bihar State Seed Corporation Limited. He next submits that all the petitioners except petitioner no.7, have preferred a writ petition before this Court being C.W.J.C. No.2185/1991(R) for direction upon the respondents to pay their salary after adopting the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ according to the pay scale fixed by the State Government. He further submits that vide order dated 14.01.1998, this Court was pleased to allow the said writ petition directing the respondents to the effect that the petitioners should be given regular minimum pay scale for the posts they are holding as is available in other Government institutions or Undertakings and if they cannot be regularized against the sanctioned post, the Corporation should also fulfil the principle rationale to the circumstances for absorption of the petitioners against regular post as and when available and till then they should remain in the minimum pay scale. He then submits that when the aforesaid order was not complied with, the petitioners filed a contempt application being M.J.C. No.383/1998(R) and on the assurance of the Corporation, said contempt proceeding was dropped and the contempt application was disposed of vide order dated 01.07.1999. He submits that thereafter the Corporation fixed the pay scale of different posts vide office order dated 16.02.1999, contained in Annexure-6 of the writ petition, however, respondent no.4 requested respondent no.6 vide letter dated 13.12.2000 to
